HOLD OPEN LEVER INTEGRATED TO LATCH HOUSING

• US 20110031765A1
• Filed: 08/05/2010
• Published: 02/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Inteva Products LLC (Renco Group Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Inteva Products LLC (Renco Group Incorporated)
• Inventors: Vázquez, Francisco Javier, Estrada, Eduardo, Martinez, Alfredo
• Granted Patent: US 8,348,310 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 292/217
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 81/15 with means preventing the detent to return to its latching position before the bolt has moved to the unlatched position
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 83/16 Locks for luggage compartments, car boot lids or car bonnets
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 85/26 Cooperation between bolts and detents
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/1047 Closure
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/1048 Lever

Abstract

A compartment latch is shown. It includes a fork bolt that moves between an open position and a closed position and a first detent lever that that cooperates with the fork bolt and that moves between a latched position and a released position. A support for holding the fork bolt and the detent lever is also provided. A second detent lever for biasing against the first detent lever when the first detent lever is in the released position is provided. The second detent lever is connected to the support at a hinge.

Claims

1. A latch comprising:

a fork bolt that moves between an open position and a closed position;

a first detent lever that that cooperates with the fork bolt and moves between a latched position and a released position;

a support for holding the fork bolt and the detent lever; and

a second detent lever for biasing against the first detent lever when the first detent lever is in the released position, the second detent lever connected to the support at a hinge.

2. The latch of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the support is plastic and the hinge is a living hinge.

3. The latch of claim 2, wherein the second detent lever includes a stop portion and the first detent lever includes a feature for engaging the stop portion.

4. The latch of claim 1, wherein the second detent lever includes a stop portion and the first detent lever includes a feature for engaging the stop portion.

5. The latch of claim 1, wherein the detent lever and the fork bolt occupy a first plane and the second detent lever occupies a second plane.

6. The latch of claim 5, wherein the second detent lever has a stop portion extending therefrom and the first detent lever has a feature extending therefrom for engaging the stop portion.

7. The latch of claim 6, wherein the stop portion and the feature occupy the second plane.

8. The latch of claim 1, wherein the second detent lever is a cantilever extending from the support.

9. The latch of claim 8, wherein the cantilever includes a living hinge portion adjacent a first end and a stop portion adjacent a second end for engaging the first detent lever and wherein the second detent lever is configured for movement between a first position and a second position, wherein the second end engages the first detent lever in the first position and the wherein the second end does not contact the first detent lever when it is in the second position.

10. The latch of claim 9, wherein the detent lever includes a feature for engaging the stop portion and wherein the fork bolt has a feature for engaging cam surfaces of the second detent lever in order to move the second detent lever from the first position to the second position as the fork bolt moves between the open position and the closed position.

11. A latch comprising:

a fork bolt that moves between an open position and a closed position;

a first detent lever that cooperates with the fork bolt and moves between a latched position and a released position in a first plane;

a feature extending from the first detent lever and in a second plane;

a second detent lever, the second detent lever in the second plane; and

a stop portion extending from the second detent lever and in the second plane and biasing against the feature when the first detent lever is in the released position.

12. The latch of claim 11, including a living hinge for biasing the stop portion against the feature.

13. The latch of claim 12, including a housing portion, wherein the second detent lever and the stop portion are integrally formed with the housing portion and the second detent lever and housing portion are formed from plastic.

14. A latch comprising:

a fork bolt that moves between an open position and a closed position;

a first detent lever that that cooperates with the fork bolt and moves between a latched position and a released position; and

a second detent lever for biasing against the first detent lever when the first detent lever is in the released position, the second detent lever integrally formed as part of a housing supporting the fork bolt and the detent lever.

15. The latch of claim 14, wherein the second detent lever is comprised of a cantilever connected to the housing at a biasing portion.

16. The latch of claim 15, wherein the biasing portion is a living hinge.

17. The latch of claim 16, wherein the second detent lever, the housing and the living hinge are formed from plastic.